Importance of Mothers

With my new alarm clock that my mom gave to me as her departing gift I was able to wake up on time to be ready for the day. With this alarm clock I cannot simply sleep right through it because it has many stages of sounds progressing louder and louder after a few seconds of each sound. It starts off with a simple buzz, then it gets a little bit louder, and the final buzz is so loud it not only wakes me up, but poor Matthew who sleeps next door to me is probably also awake as well, so I guess if I cannot escape sleeping in late neither can he. After I was up and showered, Lucy had me go to Chengalpattu with her to break open the RSO cash box, which had quite a bit of money and a myriad of other important things. I was wondering why we had to go break open the cash box, so I asked Lucy; she told me she had lost the key in Sri Lanka over the break. I guess that explains why we had to break open the box. While Lucy and I were waiting for our driver she noticed a shop across the street which repairs broken shoes and sandals. She needed her sandals repaired, so we walked over there and asked the women and man working there if she could have her sandals repaired, which was only fifty rupees, so a little over a dollar. It was pretty cool how they repaired Lucy's sandals. The soles of the sandals were thinning out, so they put another layer of rubber underneath them and sowed them on adding half an inch to what was already there. They took her sandals, layed them down on the piece of rubber they had, traced an outline of the sandals, carved out the outline, and then they sowed the rubber outline onto the soles of her sandals. It was such a cool process to watch. Lucy and I laughed with amazement about how if you were going to work and your shoes broke on the way you could just simply stop by a shoe repair shop and in twenty minutes have your shoes repaired. No sense in purchasing new shoes if you can repair the ones you got right? Now I know where to go to salvage my shoes if possible. I always love it when Veil is our driver because he loves to blare his Tamil music making it almost impossible to talk to anyone. I had a chance to talk with Lucy more, who I do not get to talk to as much, but since we were the only ones in the car it was nice to talk with her as she asked me questions about my life and family. Later in the day I went out to the junction just outside of our village with Annie, Nicole, and Madi to get some ice cream, parotha for dinner, which I got for myself, and samosa's, which the girls got for themselves. I always love getting parotha as you all know from reading my blogs. It is by far my favorite food in India. On a more serious note, I know these past few entries I have mentioned my mom quite a bit, but it is because I have realized the importance of having a mother and a family while I have spent quite a time away from mine. After finishing Angela's Ashes, a poem from the book stood out to me, which I will quote. "A mother's love is a blessing no matter where you roam. Keep her while you have her; you'll miss her when she's gone." I read this last night after my mother left RSO and I thought about what it meant to me. Mothers are so important in our lives; they care deeply about us; they want us to succeed; they pray for us each night before going to bed; they support us in whatever we do; they encourage us when times are rough; they hurt inside when we hurt inside; everything we do affects them whether we realize it or not. There is no greater friend in this world to have than our mothers. My mother's love has been the greatest blessing in my life and I miss her every single time she is gone. I pray for her every night before I go to bed; I care deeply about her; I want nothing more than for her to be successful; I will always support her in everything she does even if I do not understand it right away; I always encourage her because I know she deserves the best; I hurt inside when she hurts inside; everything she does has an effect on my life and I always look to her as the perfect example of someone I want to become and marry one day. Mothers are the types of people who make us better, which are the kinds of people we should surround ourselves with. We should all have close relationships to our mothers because if we have a close relationship to our mothers then we can come to have a happy relationship with our future spouses. I know from looking at my two brothers who are married today that they have happy lives with their spouses because they have had a close relationship with my mother. They set a perfect example to me in all they do, and I hope one day I can have a happy family like they do. I hope all of us can realize the importance mothers have in our lives, and if we do not already have a great relationship with our mothers I strongly urge you all to do so. It is never too late to tell your mother you love her, to give her a hug, to tell her how grateful and appreciative you are of all she does for you; time is never too short, but rather too long wasted away in pointless affairs. We all have ten seconds now with modern technology to write an email, send a text, or dial a number on our blackberry's or iphone's and say three important words, which will change our relationship with one of the most important people in our lives. I love being in India! I love the work I am doing everyday and the people here! I love and miss you all! I want you all to know you are in my thoughts and prayers each night! Remember it is never too late to tell your mother you love her!